Assigning permissions to forums

To assign permissions for forums, click on the People | Permissions tab, or navigate to admin/people/permissions. We will be adjusting permissions for the Teacher and Student roles.

The forum module has six permissions:

• administer forums

• Create new content

• Edit own content

• Edit any content

• Delete own content

• Delete any content

Of these six permissions, only one, Create new content, is a must assign for site users. Additionally, most users will probably want to be able to Edit own content. However, it's worth considering that if a user edits a forum post after a comment has been made, the context of the comment and the subsequent discussion will be lost. For this reason, we generally recommend only assigning the ability to Edit any content—and either of the delete privileges—to very trusted users.

Once you have assigned the desired rights to both the Student and Teacher roles, click on the Save permissions button to save the settings.